The Eye and the Gaze: Goethe and the Autobiographical Subject
The Eye and the Gaze explores Goethe and the autobiographical subject through questions of vision, perception, identity, and self-representation. By considering how the eye and the gaze shape the telling of a life, Evelyn K. Moore offers a focused study for readers of Goethe, autobiography, literary criticism, and philosophy.
About This Book
The Eye and the Gaze examines Goethe and the autobiographical subject through the intertwined ideas of seeing, being seen, and representing the self.
Focusing on the relationship between the eye and the gaze, the book considers how perception shapes autobiographical expression.
It offers a study of Goethean self-representation and the questions of identity that emerge when a life is rendered through language.
Suitable for readers interested in Goethe, autobiography, literary criticism, and philosophical approaches to subjectivity.
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